ET-Energy

__________ is an energy resource that WILL run out in the next several hundred years.

• Renewable Energy Resource
• Nonrenewable Energy Resource
• Fossil Fuels
• Forever Fuels

__________ is an energy resource that WILL NOT run out in the next several hundred years.

• Renewable Energy Resource
• Nonrenewable Energy Resource
• Fossil Fuel
• Forever Fuel

Coal is a __________ energy resource.

• Renewable
• Nonrenewable

Solar Power is a __________ energy resource.

• Renewable
• Nonrenewable

Natural Gas is a __________ energy resource.

• Renewable
• Nonrenewable

Oil is a __________ energy resource.

• Renewable
• Nonrenewable

Geothermal Power is a __________ energy resource.

• Renewable
• Nonrenewable

Why are fossil fuels like coal, oil, and natural gas called nonrenewable resources?

• a.  They can never be replaced.
• a.  They cannot be easily replaced.
• a.  They can be recycled.
• a.  They can be made in factories.
  

Some power plants pump water down deep holes into hot rock. The hot rock heats the water, which turns the water into steam. The steam rushes back to Earth’s surface and is used to make electricity. This plant is generating which alternative energy resource?

• biomass
• wind
• solar energy
• geothermal energy

What characteristic do all renewable resources share?

• Produced by waste products
• Form underground from dead organisms.
  
• Replaced in a short period of time
• Allow energy to pass through them easily